The Star Onions

FFXI-staronions — The Star Onion's first studio album cover.

The Star Onions is an instrumental band formed by Naoshi Mizuta in September 2004, dedicated to performing various arrangements from Final Fantasy XI.

History[]

With the debut of Final Fantasy XI in 2002, Naoshi Mizuta was tasked to compose the game's music with the help of Kumi Tanioka and Nobuo Uematsu. With the game's expansion packs released each year, Mizuta took on the helm of main composer, and composed each expansion's original soundtrack.

The composers began discussing the possibility of performing live at a fan event, and The Star Onions was formed^[1] and in September 2004, The Star Onions made their first debut during the launch of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia in Japan. On August 24th 2005, the Star Onions released a studio album, "The Star Onions ~ Final Fantasy XI - Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel" and in the same month, performed as a band during Final Fantasy XI 2005 Royal Summer Carnival Barista Championship. Their latest studio album, Sanctuary was released in 2009.

Band members[]

Naoshi Mizuta - Composer, Bass Guitarist
Kumi Tanioka - Composer, Pianist
Tsuyoshi Sekito - Guitarist
Masato Kouda - Keyboardist
Hidenori Iwasaki - Keyboardist
Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - Drummer

The Star Onions have also invited guests, including vocalists, to perform with them.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Date	Title	Notes
August 24, 2005	The Star Onions ~ Final Fantasy XI - Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel	Their first studio album, with a vocal track "Blessed in Her Glorious Light -The Grand Duchy of Jeuno-", performed by Aundréa L. Hopkins.
May 20, 2009	Sanctuary ~ Final Fantasy XI - Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel	Second studio album with tracks including from Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan and Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess.

Appearances[]

Date	Title	Notes
November 17, 2004	Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia Original Soundtrack	"Gustaberg" (Bonus Track)
March 28, 2007	Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack Premium Box	"Ru'Lude Gardens -Star Onions Version-"
June 23, 2012	A Decade of Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Festival 2012	Compilation of selected tracks.

References[]

↑ Interview with Kumi Tanioka (dead) (Accessed: June 03, 2020Retrieved from http://www.rpgfan.com/features/tanioka-interview/index.html) at RPGFan

External links[]

The Star Onions Official site (dead) (Accessed: December 15, 2018Retrieved from http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/onion/index.html) at Square Enix Music

Music

Soundtracks

Final Fantasy I & II — Final Fantasy III (DS) — Final Fantasy IV (DS) — Final Fantasy V — Final Fantasy VI — Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy IX — Final Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy VII 〜 Advent Children (Complete) — Before Crisis & Last Order — Crisis Core — Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII Remake 〜 Intergrade 〜 Rebirth Final Fantasy X (HD) — Final Fantasy X-2 (HD) Final Fantasy XI 〜 Rise of the Zilart — Chains of Promathia — Treasures of Aht Urhgan — Wings of the Goddess — Seekers of Adoulin — Priceless Remembrance — Songs of Rebirth — Prime Memories Final Fantasy XII 〜 Zodiac Age Final Fantasy XIII 〜 Final Fantasy XIII-2 — Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Final Fantasy XIV 〜 Field Tracks — Battle Tracks — Eorzean Frontiers — Before Meteor A Realm Reborn 〜 Before the Fall — Heavensward (EP — EP 2 — EP 3) — The Far Edge of Fate — Stormblood (EP) — Shadowbringers (EP — EP 2 — EP 3) — Death Unto Dawn — Endwalker (EP — EP2 — EP3) — Growing Light — Dawntrail (EP — EP2 — EP3) Final Fantasy XV 〜 Final Fantasy XV Volume 2 — Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV — A King's Tale — Justice Monsters Five Brave Exvius (Vol.2 — Vol.3 — War of the Visions) — Crystal Chronicles (Ring of Fates — My Life as a King/Darklord — Echoes of Time — The Crystal Bearers) — Dimensions — Dimensions II — Dissidia (2008) — Dissidia 012 — Dissidia -Arcade- (Vol.2) — Dissidia NT (Vol.2 — Vol.3) — Explorers — The 4 Heroes of Light — Mobius (2 — 3) — Record Keeper (Vol.2 — Vol.3 — Vol.4) — Stranger of Paradise (Volume 2) — Tactics — Tactics Advance — Tactics A2 — Theatrhythm (Curtain Call — All-Star Carnival) — Type-0 (HD) — World of Final Fantasy The Spirits Within — Legend of the Crystals (Kaze no Shou — Ryuu no Shou) - Unlimited (Verse 1 — Verse 2) Legends — Mystic Quest — Adventure — Vagrant Story Chocobo's Dungeon — Chocobo's Dungeon 2 — Chocobo Racing — Chocobo and the Magic Book Series — Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (Every Buddy!) - Chocobo GP
Pre soundtracks	Final Fantasy VI Stars Vol.1 — Final Fantasy VI Stars Vol.2 — Music from Final Fantasy X — Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII — Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
PLUS soundtracks	Final Fantasy IV & The After Years - Dirge of Cerberus — Final Fantasy VII Remake — Final Fantasy IX — Final Fantasy X-2 — Final Fantasy XI (Forever Today) - Final Fantasy XIII — Final Fantasy XIII-2 — Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Selections	Final Fantasy V 5+1 — Final Fantasy V Mambo de Chocobo — Music from FFV and FFVI — Final Fantasy VII: Reunion Tracks — Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Mini Album — Final Fantasy VII Remake: The Shinra Album — Final Fantasy IX: Uematsu's Best Selection — Best of Final Fantasy XII — Selections from Final Fantasy XII — Zodiac Age Collector's Edition — XIII: Original Sound Selection — XIII-2: Composer Selected Soundtrack — Lightning Returns: -Special Package- — Lightning Returns: Ultimate Box — Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes — Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes 2 — Final Fantasy XIV Raid Dungeon Themes — Final Fantasy XIV Raid Dungeon Themes 2 — Final Fantasy XV — Type-0 HD Composer Selections — Best of Type-0 HD & Agito — World of Final Fantasy — World of Final Fantasy: Selections from Grymoire
Singles	Ai no Theme — Bang The Beat/Safe and Sound — Why — REDEMPTION — Eyes On Me — Melodies Of Life — Suteki da ne — real Emotion/1000 Words — Kiss Me Good-Bye — Kimi ga Irukara — Yakusoku no Basho — Songs from Final Fantasy XV — Sound of the Wind — Hoshi No Nai Sekai/Yokogao — Shiroi Hana — Zero — VIVID — Over the FANTASY — Romancing Train — Spirit dreams inside -another dream- — The Dream Within Come With Me — Adagio — Kokoro no Senshi
Revival series	Final Fantasy I·II·III — Final Fantasy IV — Final Fantasy V — Final Fantasy VI — Final Fantasy VII — Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy IX

Arrangements

Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy — Final Fantasy III: Eternal Legend of the Wind — Final Fantasy IV: Celtic Moon — Final Fantasy IV: Minimum Album — Final Fantasy V: Dear Friends — Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale — Final Fantasy VI Special Tracks — Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestral Arrangement — Final Fantasy VII Remake: Acoustic Arrangements — FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC: Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy XI Musicbox Adventures — Final Fantasy Exvius Universe x Chillhop Music LoFi Remix — White: Melodies of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance — Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call - Remix Selections — Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon ~Coi Vanni Gialli~ Final Fantasy XIV: From Astral to Umbral — Final Fantasy XIV: Duality — Journeys: Final Fantasy XIV — Pulse: Final Fantasy XIV — Scions & Sinners: Final Fantasy XIV — Forge Ahead ~Arrangement Album~ Final Fantasy XIV Orchestral — Final Fantasy XIV Orchestral Vol.2 — Final Fantasy XIV Orchestral Vol.3 — Eorzean Symphony — Eorzean Symphony Vol.2 - Eorzean Symphony Vol.3 Final Fantasy Remix — Beer SQ — Battle SQ — Cafe SQ — Chill SQ — Cure SQ — Mix — Final Fantasy Orchestral Album — Final Fantasy Tribute ~Thanks~ — Final Symphony - music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X — Love SQ — More SQ — SQ Swing — X'mas Collections music from SQUARE ENIX — X'mas Collections II music from SQUARE ENIX
Bands	The Black Mages 〜 The Black Mages — II: The Skies Above — III: Darkness and Starlight The Nanaa Mihgo's 〜 Final Fantasy XI: Stolen Hearts The Star Onions 〜 Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel — Sanctuary ~ Music from the Other Side of Vana'diel The Primals 〜 The Primals — Zepp Tour 2018 -Trial By Shadow- — Out of the Shadows — Beyond the Shadow — Live in Japan - Beyond the Shadow
Brass	BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo 2 — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo 3 — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Gaiden: Minna de Bravo! — 2017 BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Original Music Collection Original de Bravo — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy VII Brass de Bravo — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Battle & Field
Chips	Final Fantasy VII — Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy IX — Final Fantasy X — Final Fantasy XI — SQ Chips — SQ Chips 2
Guitar	Best of Final Fantasy Guitar Solo — Best of Final Fantasy Guitar Solo (2014) — Solo Guitar Collections — Solo Guitar Collections Vol.2 — Solo Guitar Collections Vol.3 — Guitar Solo Collection I~IX — Guitar Solo Collection X~XIII-2 — Guitar Solo Official Best Collection
Jazz	Square Enix Jazz -Final Fantasy- — Square Enix Jazz Vol.2 — Square Enix Jazz -Final Fantasy VII-
Piano	Collections 〜 Final Fantasy IV — Final Fantasy V — Final Fantasy VI — Final Fantasy VII — Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy IX — Final Fantasy X — Final Fantasy X-2 — Final Fantasy XI — Final Fantasy XII — Final Fantasy XIII — Final Fantasy XIV — Final Fantasy XV — Crystal Chronicles Piano Opera 〜 Final Fantasy I/II/III — Final Fantasy IV/V/VI — Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX — Final Fantasy I-IX
Ukulele	Final Fantasy Ukulele Solo Album — Final Fantasy Ukulele Solo Collections I~XII — Final Fantasy Ukulele Solo Collections I~XIV
Vocal	Final Fantasy: Pray — Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow — Final Fantasy Song Book "Mahoroba" — The Death March Feel/Go Dream: Yuna & Tidus — Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection — Final Fantasy X-2: Vocal Collection - Yuna — Final Fantasy X-2: Vocal Collection - Rikku — Final Fantasy X-2: Vocal Collection - Paine
Chill-out	Square Enix Chill Out Arrangement Tracks – Around 80's Mix — Square Enix - Mellow Minstrel Mix — Square Enix - Mellow Minstrel Mix Vol.2
Dance	Square Enix - Airship Cruise Beats — Square Enix - Airship Cruise Beats Vol.2

Compilations

Final Fantasy 1987-1994 — 25th Anniversary Square Enix Music Composers' Selection CD — 30th Anniversary Composers' Selection CD — 30th Anniversary Tracks 1987-2017 — Battle at the Big Bridge: Bombastic Bonanza — Compi de Chocobo — Compilation of Final Fantasy VII: Best Selection — Dear Friends — More Friends — Distant Worlds and A New World Collections: music from Final Fantasy VII — Distant Worlds and A New World Collections: music from Final Fantasy VIII — Finest Box — Go There Special Compilation CD — Heroes — Last SQ — Music Sampler CD -Limited Edition- — Potion: Relaxin' with Final Fantasy — Potion 2: Relaxin' with Final Fantasy — The Preludes since 1987 — S Generation: Official Best Collection — Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol.1 — Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol.2 — Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol.3 — Vocal Collection — Villains — Move On!

Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack Premium Box — Final Fantasy XI 8th Anniversary: Memories of Dusk and Dawn — Sword Songs: Final Fantasy XI Battle Collection — A Decade of Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Festival 2012

Fanmade compilations

A Bard's Side Quest — Atomic Ray — Best of Final Fantasy 1994 - 1999 — Black Materia: Final Fantasy VII — HURRY! A Final Fantasy X Impossible Remix Album — Final Fantasy VII Remastered — The Land of Vana'diel

OverClocked ReMix 〜 Final Fantasy: Random Encounter — Final Fantasy II: Rebellion — Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption — Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors — Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin — Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream — Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart

Project Majestic Mix 〜 A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu — Squaredance — The Trance Album

Other

Live recordings

20020220 — "The Black Mages" Live — The Black Mages Live "Above the Sky" — The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight LIVE — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo 2017 — BRA★BRA Final Fantasy VII Brass de Bravo — More Friends — Eorzean Symphony: Final Fantasy XIV — Eorzean Symphony: Final Fantasy XIV Vol.2 — Final Fantasy XI Vanacon Anniversary 11.11.11 — Square Enix Jazz -Final Fantasy VII- — Tour de Japon — VOICES

Distant Worlds — Distant Worlds II — Distant Worlds: Returning Home — Distant Worlds: The Celebration — Distant Worlds III — Distant Worlds: The Journey of 100 — Distant Worlds IV — Distant Worlds: Jiritsu — Distant Worlds V

A New World: intimate music from Final Fantasy — A New World: intimate music from Final Fantasy - Volume II

Vinyls

Final Fantasy Vinyls — Final Fantasy III — Final Fantasy IV — Final Fantasy VII — Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Vinyl — Final Fantasy VII Compilation Vinyl — Final Fantasy VIII — Final Fantasy IX — Final Fantasy X — Final Fantasy XI — Final Fantasy XIII — Final Fantasy XIII -Gentle Reveries- — Final Fantasy XIV Box — Endwalker (7" single) — Heroes and Villains — Chocobo & Friends — Modulation — 35th Anniversary Orchestral Compilation

Distant Worlds — Distant Worlds II — Distant Worlds III — Distant Worlds IV

Final Symphony - music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X - Final Symphony: Deluxe Triple Vinyl

Composers	Elliot Goldenthal - Hitoshi Sakimoto - Junya Nakano - Kenichiro Fukui - Kenji Ito - Keiji Kawamori - Kumi Tanioka - Masashi Hamauzu - Masaharu Iwata - Masayoshi Soken - Mitsuto Suzuki - Naoshi Mizuta - Nobuo Uematsu - Shirō Hamaguchi - Shirō Sagisu - Takeharu Ishimoto - Taro Hakase - Tsuyoshi Sekito - Yoko Shimomura - Yuji Toriyama - Yuzo Takahashi
Artists and bands	Afrojack - Ai Kawashima - Aimee Blackschleger - Angela Aki - Arata Hanyuda - Ariana Grande - Aundréa L. Hopkins - Ayaka Iida - Bill Muir - The Black Mages - Bump of Chicken - Chris Ito - Crystal Kay - Donna Burke - Emiko Shiratori - Erutan - Faye Wong - Florence and the Machine - Frances Maya - Gackt - Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra - Izumi Masuda - Jade Villalon - Jake Zyrus - Jason Miller - Joelle - Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra - Kana Hanazawa - Kana Ueda - Kazuko Hamano - KOKIA - Koda Kumi - Kyosuke Himuro - Laure Shang - Leona Lewis - Lia - Lindsey Stirling - Linked Horizon - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Mai Fukui - Máire Breatnach - Marika Matsumoto - Mayuko Aoki - Megumi Ida - Metro Voices - Michio Okamiya - Michiyo Honda - Mina Sakai - Mizuki - The Nanaa Mihgo's - New York Philharmonic Orchestra - ORIGA - Paolo Andrea Di Pietro - Prima Vista Philharmonic Orchestra - The Primals - Risa Ohki - RIKKI - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sayuri Sugawara - Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra - Shootie HG - Susan Calloway - Svetla Krasteva - The Star Onions - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Tomoaki Watanabe - Your Favorite Enemies
Concerts and tours	Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy- - Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy - Final Symphony - Final Symphony II - A New World: intimate music from Final Fantasy - Tour de Japon: Music from Final Fantasy - VOICES: Music from Final Fantasy - Game Symphony Japan: Final Fantasy VII